TV Show Premiere year from TheTVDB is incorrect

Bugs / Feature Requests Bugs
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Request Type:
BUG

MCEBuddy Version and Type (32bit or 64bit):
2.5.7 64bit

Operating System and Type (32bit or 64bit):
Win 10 Prod 64bit

Summary of the problem or suggestion:
Some TV shows aren’t getting the correct premiereyear.

For Rick and Morty there is from the conversion log:
2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Checking for metadata title and ID correction
2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Checking for metadata type correction
INFORMATION> 2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Downloading Series details
2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Overwrite title from internet → Default
INFORMATION> 2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Recording Type Show
INFORMATION> 2022-09-09T09:42:07 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Checking TheTVDB
→ Looking for Premiere Year information in text
→ Looking for Premiere Year information in text
→ Looking for Premiere Year information in text
→ Looking for Episode name match on TVDB using language en
→ Looking for Premiere Year information in text
→ Found series match on TVDB by Episode Name. Updated video tags →
Title: Rick and Morty
SubTitle: Solaricks
Description: Last season’s finale was a doozy, broh. What do we do now, broh?
Network: Adult Swim
Network Affiliate:
Parental Rating:
Media Credits:
Genres: Adventure,Animation,Comedy,Science Fiction
Season: 6
Episode: 1
Banner: C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\cache\Rick and Morty.jpg
Banner URL: http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/275274-2.jpg
IMDB Id: tt2861424
MovieDB Id:
TVDB Id: 275274
Is Movie: False
Is Sports: False
OriginalBroadcastDateTime: 2022-09-04T00:00:00
RecordedDateTime: 0001-01-01T00:00:00
SeriesPremiereDate: 2006-12-03T00:00:00
CopyProtected: False
SageTV FileID:
SageTV MediaFileID:

Here is from TheTVDB site:

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I’m guessing that it is parsing all the air days of all episodes including specials that may have aired prior to the official series premiere. I found this episode in specials that matches the date in the log.

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I’m not sure if this is due to api differences that MCEBuddy uses versus what’s available from TheTVDB now.

Steps to replicate the bug:
Process a file with the name Rick and Morty - S06E01 - Solaricks.mp4

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Thanks for reporting this, yes there appears to be a discrepancy between in the data reported across different sources. Have put in a patch to try and take the more reliable source when available.

Fixed in today 2.5.8 BETA build

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Worked perfectly with latest build. Thank you